Monthly Archives: February 2016

University of Sussex economist Mariana Mazzucato wins major German prize for her book about the role of the state in driving innovation

Brighton, UK, 23-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — University of Sussex economist, Mariana Mazzucato, will be awarded a major German prize in Berlin today (Monday 22 February) in a ceremony with Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel, for her book championing the role of the state in … Read the full press release

Grundig expands its network in Turkey

ISTANBUL, 22-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Grundig, which was born in Germany and has been continuing its activities under Arçelik A.Ş. since 2007, now expands its network in Turkey with all its product groups in its 70th year. Grundig, which made a distinguished … Read the full press release

Zell-Metall GmbH to enhance its Zellamid® 1500 PEEK product line with Solvay Specialty Polymers’ KetaSpire® polyetheretherketone (PEEK) polymer food contact (FC) grades

New Zellamid® 1500 X offers customers higher performance, temperature resistance and easier processing of semi-finished products for demanding food contact applications ALPHARETTA, Ga., 22-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — With the addition of Solvay Specialty Polymers’ KetaSpire® polyetheretherketone (PEEK) polymer food contact (FC) grades, which meet … Read the full press release

Gorenje Group presented diplomas to the first generation of graduates of the Gorenje Create Academy

Gorenje Group presented diplomas to the first generation of graduates of the Gorenje Create Academy – Gorenje’s academy for new product development. This is a unique international educational program, a part of the Gorenje Corporate University, designed to encourage innovation … Read the full press release

The QUDAL – Quality Medal research: Slovenians ranked Gorenje home appliances atop among home appliance manufacturers

The QUDAL – Quality Medal research, performed in Slovenia in January 2016 by the Zürich based international organization Icertas, shows that in terms of quality Slovenians see Gorenje home appliances as the best. Velenje, Slovenia, 22-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — In the QUDAL … Read the full press release

POST Luxembourg: 50 percent of all homes in Luxembourg now connected to fibre-optic network

A milestone in ultra-fast Internet in Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG, 22-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ —  As early as 1997 POST Luxembourg realised the advantages of fibre-optic technology for residential subscribers and since then has been developing and laying “hybrid cables” – data transmission … Read the full press release

110 years of education and social work training exhibition at the University of Dundee

Dundee, Scotland, 22-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — An exhibition celebrating 110 years of education and social work training will open at the University of Dundee this week. ‘Transforming lives through Education and Social Work: More than a Century of Making a … Read the full press release

Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda will visit the University of Dundee on 5th March

Dundee, Scotland, 22-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court will visit the University of Dundee next month to discuss the importance of scientific evidence in high-profile trials. Fatou Bensouda, who leads the Office of the Prosecutor … Read the full press release

Global Service Jam Dundee 26th-28th February 2016

Dundee, Scotland, 22-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — What would you do if you only had 48 hours to change the world? That’s a question designers from Dundee will be grappling with when they get together with people from all walks of life … Read the full press release

COUPLING LANGUAGE AND KNOWLEDGE VIA E-SERVICES ECOSYSTEM: ALPHA VERSION OF THE FREME OPEN FRAMEWORK RELEASED

TURIN, Italy, 22-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The FREME Consortium – which brings together top-tier specialists in language resources, tools, and services, multilingualism and semantic Web, linked data and open data including public sector information, publishing, localisation, and business development – … Read the full press release

International team of scientists: New findings on sauropod dinosaurs

An international team of scientists, led by the China University of Geosciences in Beijing and including palaeontologists from the University of Bristol, has shed new light on some unusual dinosaur tracks from northern China. The tracks appear to have been … Read the full press release

The University of Bristol awards honorary degrees to Simon King OBE and Professor Dame Teresa Rees DBE

The University of Bristol is awarding honorary degrees to Simon King OBE and Professor Dame Teresa Rees DBE at degree ceremonies taking place today [18 February] in the Wills Memorial Building. BRISTOL, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Award-winning broadcaster Simon King will … Read the full press release

ABB to power Metsä Group’s new bioproduct mill in Äänekoski, Finland

The first mill to operate fully free from fossil fuels will increase the share of renewable energy in Finland by more than two percent ZURICH, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — ABB will supply the complete power and process electrical systems for Metsä … Read the full press release

RoboCup European Open from 30 March till 3 April at the Evoluon in Eindhoven

Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The venue for this year’s RoboCup European Open, a tournament for autonomous robots, is the Evoluon in Eindhoven from 30 March till 3 April. Eye-catchers include the soccer-playing robots, service and music robots along … Read the full press release

The Kudelski Group reports 32.7% operating income increase in 2015

2015 Annual Results +11.1% constant currency revenue growth and +32.7% operating income increase Successful large-scale deployment of innovations in the TV space and solid growth in emerging TV markets Kudelski Security going global by entering the US market Continued patent … Read the full press release

University of Birmingham study links periodontitis to higher mortality rate in patients with chronic kidney disease

BIRMINGHAM, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — New findings from the University of Birmingham show that patients with chronic kidney disease patients and periodontitis (severe gum disease) have a higher mortality rate than those with chronic kidney disease alone. The research, published in … Read the full press release

LUKOIL starts first phase of gas processing unit at the Stavrolen plant in Budennovsk

MOSCOW, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Today, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Arkady Dvorkovich, President of PJSC LUKOIL Vagit Alekperov and Stavropol Region Governor Vladimir Vladimirov took part in the official startup of the first phase of the gas processing … Read the full press release

Umeå University Medals of Honour 2016 to be presented to Lena Gustafsson and Britta Lundgren

Umeå, Sweden, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Professor and Vice-Chancellor Lena Gustafsson and Professor Britta Lundgren will be honoured with the Umeå University Medals of Honour 2016 for their outstanding contributions to the university. The medals will be presented at the Annual … Read the full press release

POST Luxembourg awarded the “FTTH Council Europe Award” for the expansion of FTTH

LUXEMBOURG, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — At this year’s annual multinational conference of the “FTTH Council Europe”, which takes place from 16th to 18th February in the halls of LuxExpo at Luxembourg-Kirchberg, POST Luxembourg was awarded the “FTTH Council Europe Award” for … Read the full press release

Ericsson deploys its virtual Mobility Management Entity and Cloud Execution Environment on Japan’s mobile operator SoftBank

Deployment represents a complete Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) solution By adding a virtualized environment to its native network, SoftBank can scale network capability, flexibility and manageability Transformation supports SoftBank in the deployment of future applications and meets the requirements of … Read the full press release

Singtel and Ericsson to trial License Assisted Access on Singtel’s network as part of 5G networks study

STOCKHOLM, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Singtel and Ericsson will trial License Assisted Access (LAA), on Singtel’s network starting March 2016. The trial is part of the partners’ memorandum of understanding to study the future of 5G networks and its applications for … Read the full press release

Ericsson, Tencent and SmarTone to optimize Hong Kong’s mobile network for performance of WeChat

Ericsson collaborates with Tencent and SmarTone to optimize the performance of WeChat, a social networking app with 650 million monthly active users worldwide Ericsson facilitates increased app performance with its App Experience Optimization service, enabling operators to meet user expectations … Read the full press release

Ericsson autonomous car connectivity capabilities to be integrated in Volvo cars

Ericsson software enhances driver entertainment and productivity while in self-drive mode, offering seamless highway media viewing supported by network awareness data and analytics Volvo Cars is a partner of the initiative investigating different new technologies  for future, fully autonomous cars … Read the full press release

Ericsson to manage optical fiber cable network of Vodafone India

Three-year managed services contract covers operation and maintenance of the optical fiber cable network Ericsson to manage 10 telecom circles in East and West India, spanning a distance of approximately 45,000 kilometers The agreement in India strengthens partnership between Vodafone … Read the full press release

Ericsson 5G Radio Prototypes now deliver 12 Gbps mobile experience per user in live networking environments with downlink throughput of more than 25 Gbps using MU-MIMO

Ericsson 5G Radio Prototypes use MU-MIMO and beam tracking to deliver more than 25 Gbps throughput while ensuring reach and continuity of high-speed, high frequency, fully mobile connections NTT DOCOMO and Korea Telecom executives witness powerful and commercially viable performance … Read the full press release

Ericsson and NTT to collaborate on the next generation of cloud servers

Ericsson and NTT  to jointly study benefits of hardware disaggregation Study focuses on increased hardware utilization, efficiency and simplification Ericsson’s Hyperscale Datacenter System 8000 and cloud system software to support NTT’s NetroSphere vision STOCKHOLM, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) … Read the full press release

Singtel and Ericsson to achieve nationwide deployment of 4G LTE network on 900MHz spectrum band in Singapore by March 2016

STOCKHOLM, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Singtel and Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) will achieve nationwide deployment in Singapore of a 4G LTE network on 900MHz spectrum band by end March 2016. This enhancement means that Singtel customers will experience even deeper 4G indoor coverage … Read the full press release

Vodafone Group teams up with Ericsson on 5G technologies research

STOCKHOLM, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Vodafone Group is partnering with Ericsson and a number of other partners to research 5G technologies and prepare its networks for a transition towards the new mobile standard. 5G will be the next generation of mobile … Read the full press release

Atos to help RS Components become even more customer centric and agile with new six year outsourcing contract

Contract to drive digital transformation & provide mission critical e-commerce, data analytics and supply chain solutions. LONDON, 18-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Atos, an international leader in digital services,  has secured a six year contract, with an additional option to continue the … Read the full press release

Atos announces the appointment of Jon Pritchard as CEO of Unify

Bezons, France, 18-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Atos, an international leader in digital services, today announced that it has appointed Jon Pritchard as CEO of Unify, the Atos business for communications and collaboration software and services. In his new role, Pritchard joins … Read the full press release

Sandoz and World Child Cancer announce new health initiative in the Philippines

Holzkirchen, Germany, 18-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Sandoz, together with leading global charity World Child Cancer (WCC), is pleased to announce a new health initiative in the Philippines, aimed at improving the standard of care for children suffering from cancer. Cancer survival … Read the full press release

Skanska appoints André Löfgren Senior Vice President Investor Relations

STOCKHOLM, 18-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — André Löfgren has been appointed Senior Vice President Investor Relations at Skanska. André succeeds Magnus Persson on the position as of February 17 and will report to Peter Wallin, CFO Skanska AB. “André has deep understanding … Read the full press release

Merck CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board honoured with Weizmann Award in the Sciences and Humanities

Darmstadt, Germany, and Rehovot, Israel, 18-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Merck, a leading science and technology company, announced that the Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel, conferred the renowned Weizmann Award in the Sciences and Humanities on Karl-Ludwig Kley, CEO and Chairman of the … Read the full press release

Merck extends partnership with Weizmann Institute of Science on research collaboration

Darmstadt, Germany, and Rehovot, Israel, 18-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Merck, a leading science and technology company, today extended the partnership with Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, of by signing a new framework agreement, building on a successful innovation partnership of … Read the full press release

University of Nottingham together with @hacksocnotts host ‘Women in Technology Conference 2016’ this Saturday 20 February 2016

NOTTINGHAM, 18-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Learn code, experience virtual reality, discover technology! University of Nottingham computer science students together with @hacksocnotts have teamed up once again to inspire and encourage people of all ages and abilities to pursue technology as a … Read the full press release

The University of Nottingham study: GPs would welcome more specialist knowledge to manage suicide risk among young patients

NOTTINGHAM, 18-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Suicide is the second leading cause of death in young people aged between 15 and 29 worldwide – in the UK alone, 3,156 in this age group died by suicide in 2011-2013. A study led by … Read the full press release

The University of Nottingham develops new technique in forensic footwear imaging

NOTTINGHAM, 18-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — First it was your fingerprint that gave the game away and then DNA analysis transformed forensic science. But ‘watch your step’ because an expert in the School of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Nottingham … Read the full press release

The University of Nottingham takes lead role in coordinating UK’s first national tissue directory

NOTTINGHAM, 18-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The University of Nottingham is taking a leading role in coordinating the UKs first national tissue directory. This new resource aims to improve access to human tissue samples for high quality research across the UK. But … Read the full press release

Die Deutsche Kreditbank AG (DKB) senkt den effektiven Jahreszins für das DKB-Privatdarlehen

Künftig 3,69 Prozent effektiver Jahreszins für DKB-Kunden BERLIN, 17-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Die Deutsche Kreditbank AG (DKB) senkt den effektiven Jahreszins für das DKB-Privatdarlehen mit sofortiger Wirkung deutlich um 0,3 Prozent. Sie bietet damit im Vergleich der großen Privatkundenbanken in Deutschland … Read the full press release

Experian Marketing Services publie aujourd’hui son nouveau livre blanc « Email Marketing & enjeux cross-canal »

76% des entreprises estiment que des données inexactes les empêchent d’offrir une expérience client d’excellence 79% pensent que la majorité des décisions commerciales découleront des données clients en 2020. 91.2% suspectent leurs bases de données clients/prospects de comporter des erreurs. … Read the full press release